What we see.
And what we don’t see.

 

CAN WE SEE
THE HEART/SPIRIT ?

 

The data, for this section on hearts/spirits, is from:

            1)  All of Jesus’ biblical interactions with everyone
                 (those who loved him and those who hated him).

            2)  All of Jesus’ preaching.  

 

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As I explained, on the previous webpage, How Judgment works,
            we cannot,
            even God cannot,
            see bad brain cells.
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            That’s because many brain cells that do bad,
            at other times, do good.

            And vice versa.

 

However, God can see,
even we can see,
the behaviour that the brain produces.
See third & fourth cells
of earlier section: HEART/SPIRIT & SOUL.,,,,,


            A person’s behaviour is a mixture of
            good behaviour and bad behaviour,
            all of which is produced by the soul.

            So, when you’re seeing someone’s behaviour
            you are ‘seeing’ their soul.

 

 

 

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            But can we ‘see’ their hearts/spirits too?

 

 

 

            In the webpage before last
            Jesus’ use of the words ‘heart’ ’righteous’ and ‘wicked’,,,,,,

            I say that God can ‘see’ people’s hearts/spirits.

            But it’s obvious that very few of us
            can see people’s hearts/spirits.


            What most of us see is:

                       Behaviour that might be
                       the heart/spirit expressing itself, through the soul.

                       But it might equally be
                       merely the soul, on its own, expressing itself.

                        We’ve no way of telling which.

 

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            For most of us: the soul, in effect, hides the heart/spirit.
 
            Hence we ‘see’ only the soul,
            ‘see’ everyone as various shades of grey. 

 

 

 

            A person’s culture, or cultures,
            is the outer layer of their soul.

            And some people’s layer of culture(s) is so thick
            that it hides, not only their heart/spirit,
            but the rest of the soul too.

,         ,         Perhaps see earlier section: ABOUT CULTURES.,,,,,

 

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Actually I think some people can ‘see’ hearts/spirits.
But very few,
and they’re not sure what they’re seeing,
not sure what they’re looking at.

            ‘Seeing’ someone’s heart/spirit
            is seeing whether they’re inside out or not:
            something you either see straight away or not at all.

,         ,         For more on seeing hearts/spirits
,         ,         see seventh cell (starting Empathy, which is within) 
,         ,         of later section: GOD’S KIND OF LOVE (AGAPE LOVE
,         ,         AND MERE HUMAN, NATURAL, LOVE.

 

,         ,         Perhaps also see later section:
,         ,         OTHER, INCIDENTAL, DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PAUL & JESUS
,         ,         and its three subsections.

            If you think you can ‘see’ other people’s hearts/spirits
            then see later section:
,                  FOUR REASONS WHY WE SHOULDN’T TRY
,         ,         TO JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE’S HEARTS/SPIRITS, , , , .

 

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            If you cannot ‘see’ other people’s hearts/spirits
,         ,         Nor see when a demon is speaking through someone.
,         ,         Matt c16 v21-23   Mark c8 v31-33.

            but you need to, for safety reasons,
            then simply ask God to tell you what you cannot ‘see’.

            Like Ananias did, regarding Saul.
            Acts c9 v10-22:
            Ananias asked God to tell him
            whether or not Saul was a danger to him.   my abbn

 

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The parable, commonly called The prodigal son,
(last two thirds of Luke c15)
is about a father and his two sons.

The father represents God.
The two sons represent us.

            It’s an interesting parable because, as you read through it,
            the three characters:
                       the human father,
                       the younger son,
                       the older son,
            each eventually reveal their hearts/spirits
            as the story progresses.

            And their hearts/spirits are each:
                        Not what you’d expect them to be.
                       Indeed, are the opposite of
                       what you’d expect them to be,
                       the opposite of what their souls
                       had been like.

,         ,         As for what this parable tells us about God:
,         ,         perhaps see later section: GOD’S WORDS ON SIN,,,,,, 
,         ,         and the links within it.
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FOR A WHILE
THE SOUL MAY BE THE OPPOSITE
OF THE HEART/SPIRIT

 

Currently:
            the soul may be different to, even opposite to, the heart/spirit.

But, eventually:
            the heart/spirit makes the soul to be just like itself.

 

Hence Moses, David, Paul, & Peter, all star in the Bible,
even wrote much of the Bible.

Yet:
 
      o    Moses had murdered,   Exo c2 v11-12,,,,,
,                  That’s why he fled to the land of Midian, to hide,    Exo c2 v13-15,,,,,
,                  where God later spoke to him through a burning bush:    Exo c2 v16 – c4 v20,,,,,


      o    David had murdered,,,,,
            and committed adultery,  2 Sam c11 v1 – c12 v25,,,,,

      o    Paul had murdered, 
            Acts c6 v1 – c9 v2    Acts c22 v4    Acts c22 v19-20 
            1 Cor c15 v9    1 Tim c1 v15,,,

      o    Peter, though standing next to Jesus
            and having heard all of Jesus’ preaching
            on loving your enemies,
            tried to cut someone’s head off.
                 Though Peter was a fisherman, he had a sword,
                 and cut off the ear of one of those sent to arrest Jesus.
                 He was probably aiming for the head or neck
                 since it’s hard to cut off an ear.
                 And the sword was sharp
                 so Jesus’ command to stop was timely.
                  John c18 v10-11  and:  Luke c22 v35-38  &  v47-51  combined.

 

To conclude:

Currently:
            the soul may be different to, even opposite to, the heart/spirit.

But, eventually:
            the heart/spirit makes the soul to be just like itself.

 

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DO YOU KNOW GOD YET?

 

If you find it hard to accept:
            that Moses, David, Paul, & Peter,
            did such wrongs as adultery, murder, & attempted murder,
then you might only know about God,
might not yet know God.

 

To help you know God:

            Notice that Moses, David, Paul & Peter,
            did not remain in error.

            They repented, gladly served God,
            and (certainly Moses, Paul, & Peter)
            consequently did great things for God.
 
            God is:
                       eager to redeem us,
                       eager to Forgive us & give us purpose.

 

            For God looks at the heart/spirit
            not the soul.

            God is not like the world.

 

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